The place felt like a home again for a few days as opposed to just a house, Stanley recalls of the visit. Margaret Adams, the production supervisor who had worked for Stanley on and off since 1970, knew nothing about it either. Sounds like someone made it up. But it was like, Well, Ive got a certain history here and a certain possibly viable audience. Nothing happened. I'd phone a couple of people. He really felt strongly that he did not want to say any formal goodbyes to his loved ones, Sary says. The photo he chose for the cover was snapped by his wife Ilsa Glanzberg during a pre-pandemic visit to The Broad, a contemporary art museum in Los Angeles. I wasnt looking for another ride on the love-mobile, he says. The audience is much smaller, obviously, than it used to be in the heyday, he says. CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Growing up in Cleveland in the 1980s, Michael Stanley was the biggest rock star on the planet as far as I knew. If there was a silver lining, however, it was the outpouring of wishes from those same fansnot just in Cleveland, where the 72-year-old Stanley had long been rock royalty, but everywhere. Did I say that? That I'm a recluse? Stanley subscribed to Durrants cutting service, and every day he would receive a thick envelope or two full of clips. Michael Stanley and Mike Belkin backstage at Blossom Music Center on Aug. 23, 1981. If there is a certain grandeur to Clifford Irving's scam in faking a biography of Howard Hughes, Rigelsford's venture smacks more of a venal seediness. Genower contacted Rigelsford and an appointment was made. Listen to one of the tracks, Hold On, below. I sound like a schmuck!". "He didn't want people blubbering and feeling sorry for him because, I'll tell you, he wasn't feeling sorry for himself," Powers says. Plain Dealer music critic Anastasia Pantsios wrote about that first New Yers Eve concert in a review that appeared in the Jan. 2, 1981 edition. Lots of people do. I put the article to one side and carried on reading and filing the other clippings. Just opening the envelopes and unfolding the clippings took a good couple of hours while reading or scanning the clips was interminable. Three months after that, he was on the Hard Rock Rocksino stage with his nine-piece band the Resonators. In the Dec. 18 issue of The Plain Dealer, Jane Scott wrote the first of those shows was a little bittersweet, but it wasnt sentimental. He would have been irritated by the fake interview, and also flattered. Genower had a showdown with him and realised he and the magazine had been conned. Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz & Kathleen Beastie Boy Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz and "Rebel Girl" rocker Kathleen "One day," said Stanley, "we better sort them when we've got time." It has to come from us, he said.. Learn how your comment data is processed. Michael Stanley doesnt tell this story to many people. So if this is a LARP, it is the elderly black magician who is LARPing his own death in a fairly unimaginative way. We just jumped right in and did it.. The jury was unanimous in finding Rigelsford guilty and Judge Deva Pillay's comments were unsparing: "In my judgment you are a thief, a cheat and it seems to me, on the evidence I have heard, a man lacking courage." This album was his last big hurrah, his daughter Anna Sary says. Simon Callow, Joss Acland and Brian Blessed were scheduled to appear in it. They talked to Michael Belkin, Jennifer Lee, David Spero, and more, who all share their stories and experiences of working with, and knowing, Michael Stanley. We were big in Denver, we were big in Texas and Florida, but we couldnt get into Indianapolis.. Over the next few years I would occasionally do a search on the internet looking for Rigelsford and Meffen. Q: There's another urban myth - it says you've had more than one business meeting in your study, clinching business deals, cleaning out litter trays with The Simpsons on in the background. I wasn't aware of them interviewing Stanley, but then I wasn't on set all the time and not everything passed through my office. Finally Meffen makes an appearance, as co-author with Rigelsford of Trail Of The Pink Panther, that was announced but never seems to have been published. A flooded studio at Stanleys house made the gap a little longer this time, and the pandemic forced it online. He tended to throw these envelopes, unopened, into an R-Kive box and then once a month or so give the box to me with the instructions that I should go through them and show him anything noteworthy. It was the latest in a string of major losses. I said, Yknow, what? Sounds like a character from a British comedy film of the 1950s played, perhaps, by the surly and camp Harold Lang (you'd recognise him all right). But who speaks for him? Who were they? In mid-February, Stanley opted to discontinue treatment after the cancer spread to his bones and liver. They all had to be read. (Incidentally, John Cougar, future Rock and Roll Hall of Famer but then just a rocker from Indiana with an easy, natural kind of energy, she noted, was the opening act. Then there were the lengthy magazine pieces, an interview with an actor or a film director, say, and it was only 2,000 words into the thing that Stanley was mentioned, once, in passing. Six months after Stanley Kubrick died, a 'world exclusive' was published - a supposed last interview on the set of Eyes Wide Shut. It was unlikely. The three-to-four-hour recording sessions were punctuated by laughter, most of which were generated by Stanleys latest rescue pet, Stevie Ray Dog, who would sit at the top of the basement steps and howl while Powers played. Notoriously reluctant to be interviewed, a good-humoured atmosphere prevails on the set and he [Kubrick] agrees to answer a few questions on the condition: 'They don't ask me to conceptualise about my films ' ". The film disappeared into development hell, or worse. Styx / Michael Stanley Band Aug 19, 1978 South Yarmouth, Massachusetts, United States Uploaded by Rudy Childs Styx / Michael Stanley Band Aug 19, 1978 South Yarmouth, Massachusetts, United States Uploaded by Rudy Childs Styx / Michael Stanley Band Aug 19, 1978 South Yarmouth, Massachusetts, United States Uploaded by Rudy Childs Listen to Hold On from Michael Stanleys final sessions, produced by Bill Szymczyk. The two continued their friendship, exchanging paper-and-pen letters and visiting one another. Very unlikely. In June 2017 Stanley married Denise Skinners best friend, Ilsa Glanzberg, an instructional aide at a Venice, California, elementary school, before approximately 75 guests in a sunset ceremony on the roof of a friends house on Venice Beach. I returned to it. Stanley was elevated to co-host in November 1987, after his predecessor quit the evening before the stations annual Thanksgiving Day parade telecast. Music legend Michael Stanley has died. The Sammy Glick figure forever on the verge of the Big Break, no more morality than is strictly necessary, constantly hustling, chasing chimeras, talking up deals that evaporate at the 11th hour through no fault of their own. I thought, This is just a great gig! Seven-thousand signatures on a petition later, the Cleveland city council made it happen. I got it. How about The Black Diaries Of Dirk Bogarde or The Secret Journal Of Vivien Leigh? An amiable Londoner with a youthful voice that belies his 57 years, he said Rigelsford first turned up at the picture library when he was working on a book by Brian Blessed some 12 years ago. Photo credit Alanna Crummie Go back and listen to the interviews that Bill Louis and Paula Balish did on Saturday, March 6th. The prosecution said he had sold 30,000 prints to one shop for around 60,000 and some 26,000 to another for 15,800. There were articles, but there was clutter, too. For the last three decades, Clevelanders were also lucky enough to have had Michael take us through afternoon drive time, playing classic rock songs on 98.5 WNCX. I think the fact he has one final album is such a gift for everybody, especially the fans., Weighing in a 15 tracks and 77 minutes, recorded primarily at Stanleys home studio in Cleveland, Tough Room is nothing less than quintessential Stanley, blending a singer-songwriters earnest assessments of life and society with wry humor -- complete with historical references (10th century French Queen consort Eleanor of Aquaitaine, Anton Chekov), and in the case of the chugging rocker Im Pissed, a bona fide anthem for that guy who screams Get off my lawn!. Its a performance thats sure to showcase why Barry Gabel, Live Nations senior vice president of marketing and sponsorship sales, calls Stanley Northeast Ohios poet laureate., Indiana might have a [John] Mellencamp, Detroit might have a Bob Seger, he says. His work has appeared in Newsweek, The Los Angeles Times Magazine, Orange County Register, Rocky Mountain News, San Francisco Chronicle, Trouser Press, Addicted to Noise, MSN Entertainment, Harp and countless newspapers worldwide. CLEVELAND (WJW)- Devastating news for music fans in Cleveland. We were going to sink or swim together.. While Rigelsford stoutly denied "stealing" the photographs, he admitted selling them on. I suppose, in retrospect, its easy to say that I didnt handle it all that well.. Genower wrote an eloquent and gracious letter to Christiane apologising for printing the interview and a "correction" was published in a subsequent edition of the TV Times. Theyre paying me to do this!. The 3-to-7 p.m. hours gave Stanley ample time to record and perform. Kim Meffen. Somebody who wriggles? Michael Stanley worked on his final album, Tough Room, as he battled cancer in 2020. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. He was born March 25, 1948 in Cleveland, Ohio. Theres only, like, five songs left, and then Im done. But group members were frustrated with their original materials lack of success. Tape recorded That was it. Stanley had no interest in parades, let alone rising early on a holiday morning to cover one in freezing temperatures. 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The Cleveland musician, who ruled the local airwaves in the late 1970s and early 1980s died Friday after a seven-month battle with lung cancer, his . Stanley died of lung cancer Friday at the age of 72. Im in fucking classic rock heaven.. I dont think he wanted to say that in this album., Recorded in the dog days of the pandemic, the new record boasts a communal sound attributed to collaboration from other Cleveland musicians. He'd done a flit. Funny name, eh? Gotta another good night, no rain, Stanley said, surveying the sold-out crowd, which stretched as far as you could see. We were big in San Francisco, but we didnt do much in LA. You Can't Fight Fashion is the final major-label album by the rock band Michael Stanley Band.The album was the band's highest charting album reaching #64 on the Billboard Magazine Top 200 in late 1983 and staying there for almost three weeks. If there was a silver lining, however, it was the outpouring of wishes from those same fansnot just in Cleveland, where the 72-year-old Stanley had long been rock royalty, but everywhere. It was the fucking worst., The resulting tracks for Tough Room have a timeless feel well-written, smart lyrics, strong melodies. Odd, thought Anthony Frewin, the director's long-time friend: this didn't sound like Kubrick. Hough Bakeries Will Rise Again. But here I was, finally, interviewing Michael Jordan, and right from the start he was giving and generous and looked like he was happy to be there. The Wisconsin State Fire Chiefs' Association named Oshkosh Fire Chief Michael Stanley the 2021 Chief of the Year. I hope you enjoy our conversation too. He was diagnosed with lung cancer last fall and fought until the very end. Me neither, back then. As he leans back in a chair inside WNCXs conference room, wearing a distressed black leather jacket over a gray waffle-knit henley and jeans, the beloved 71-year-old musician and disc jockey looks every bit the classic rocker part as he launches into a tale about the start of his music career. Sheppard went to the shop and found two boxes of photographs from the library. For many music fans in Northeast Ohio, his passing stirred up fond memories of their youth, when they paid $12 to see one of his many sold-out. He was basically two, three years behind, Szymczyk says. Dont forget about us. Hough Bakeries Will Rise Again. I need you to help me finish this record.. I dont think we were threatening, he says. A lot of people dont get 10 wonderful minutes. Stanley died of lung cancer Friday at the age of 72. They married during a 2002 trip to Las Vegas in an impromptu ceremony at the Graceland Wedding Chapel. During that time, executives changed Stanleys last name from Gee to his middle name, Stanley, to avoid confusion with another label artist, Arthur Gee. It was, Well, OK then! They pulled all support from the single and the album.. We talk three times a day, we text each other goodnight every night, and we try to see each other every six to eight weeks, Glanzberg reports. That was probably very confusing for us. We talked with Chief Stanley and the person who nominated him. In fact, we got a clipping from every newspaper that noted the re-run. Walking out that door was the worst. Stanley, who died March 5 of lung cancer, dedicated his final album, Tough Room to Belkin, his longtime friend and manager. Michael Stanley (born Michael Stanley Gee; March 25, 1948 - March 5, 2021) was an American singer-songwriter, musician, radio and television personality. He was remarkably philosophic about his position in the public eye. You're bound to attract this stuff, he would comment, ignore it if you can. I couldn't get, as they say, a gender-fix on the first name. Rigelsford claimed, among other things, to be paying off Kim's father's debts. The sudden passing of Cleveland rock legend Michael Stanley in early March came as a huge shock to his fans. All that remained were the rent arrears. Last year a lot of the film gossip sites announced a movie entitled Cabbages And Queens, "a backstage romp through the London theatre world with a jewel heist thrown in for good measure". It [was] so out of context, he remembers. Rigelsford would arrive at meetings declaring things like Jennifer Aniston's agent had phoned him last night saying his client was looking for projects. Simply getting paid if and when they worked, he adds, wasnt an option for family men with mortgages. His daughters have not listened to Tough Room yet; they plan to take it in at the same time the public does. All rights reserved (About Us). Despite the incredibly uncool name, the rock quartet was one of the most popular Cleveland cover bands during 1967, complete with sparkly matching tunic-like dashikis worn for country club outings and other society dates. Sheppard said that during the trial the court attempted to account for the money. In his favour, he said Rigelsford had a tremendous working knowledge of film and television, and frequently identified people in photographs who had defeated everyone else. He inhabited that undergrowth of showbiz literature where fandom and cultists hang out. The article was a two-page spread. No one sets out for awards like this, but to be honored in this way is just very humbling.. Stanley urged him not to come. Another Top 40 hit came in 1983 thanks to My Town, off the album You Cant Fight Fashion. As Michael Stanley celebrates 50 years of music and receives the Cleveland Arts Prize's Lifetime Achievement Award this month, we strum through his life and career. Bentine said he was an observer on the pre-production development of the film Cabbages And Queens. It was really nice. But it was the bands 1984 performance in the stadiums parking lot that set the record for the largest free outdoor concert in the citys history. Just about everyone who knew him was astonished because they had always assumed he was at least 10 years older. Glanzberg was stunned. But that wasnt what I wanted, and that wasnt what was called for. Since it isnt a love song it wasnt considered as a single. Steve Carell played Michael Scott on "The Office." NBC The Plain Dealer ran this review of a Michael Stanley concert on Aug. 27, 1982. Local rock legend Michael Stanley through the years. Then Rigelsford claimed something had happened to the tape. The bridge -- Such a sad situation/a millimeter of skin/Can change your reservation/Where somebody loses again and again -- just kills me., Michael Stanley and Mike Belkin backstage at Blossom Music Center on Aug. 23, 1981. Several weeks went by as more pressing work was dealt with. Rigelsford cancelled at the last moment and another appointment was made, which he also cancelled. So far, he hasnt done that.. Szymczyk and Stanley got together every year or so since 1992 to record a new album; this time was no different, pandemic be damned. These were too important merely to box, so I decided to file them in date order in Swedex four-prong binders (always a favourite with Stanley: "Those Swedes sure know how to make a functional, sexy binder!"). This week we had the privilege of speaking with Michael Stanley, a professional community organizer with Manhattan Together and South Bronx Churches Sponsoring Committee (SBC), and Ray Lopez, the Director of Environmental Health Services of the Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service (LSA), on the topic of pro bono lawyering for social justice in collaboration with community . Rigelsford could have written better lines for me than this. How rewarding, then, to find a piece with Stanley mentioned in the title! Powers the lead guitarist in the Michael Stanley Band and The Resonators got a call out of the blue from Stanley, who announced he was coming over to Powers Sagamore Hills home. Stanleys drummer, Tommy Dobeck, singer Jennifer Lee and guitarist Danny Powers were in Cleveland, with Bob Pelanders keyboards recorded in Las Vegas. (Photo: Janet Macoska), Szymczyk brought the finished version of Tough Room -- which includes a dedication to longtime manager Mike Belkin, who died in 2019 -- north during February, more of an excuse for me to go see (Stanley) one last time. He ended up coming over the desk at me, Stanley recalls. As they were playing their final gig at Ottos Grotto, a hot spot in the basement of the Statler Hotel building on Euclid Avenue, a producer for ABC Records approached them during a break. The job, however, retained its appeal. With the COVID-19 pandemic raging across the country, Szymczyk mixed the album from his North Carolina studio as opposed to Stanleys basement to protect Stanleys compromised immune system. The court rejected this. So, I dont think theres a lot of dealing with that in these songs., Michael Stanley and his daughters, Anna Sary, left, and Sara Sharp at the Beachland Ballroom & Tavern in 2019. Needless to say, we were thrilled. He was 72 and his. Even with the production of Tough Room coming in the last days of Stanleys life, the liner notes he wrote make no mention of disease or death, instead it includes a dedication to his late manager, Mike Belkin Sr. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. (Photo: Ilsa Glanzberg). We have a Michael Stanley.. Despite the album being written in the twilight of Stanleys life, the album stays away from the theme of mortality, instead boasting the typical mix of rockers like Im Pissed, an aging mans humorous indictment of lifes aggravations and ballads such as the touching Youre the One. Stanley wrote the songs and recorded his vocal, guitar and bass parts prior to his diagnosis. I have a guy, a friend of mine, whose job is to tell me when its time to hang it up, he says. I've known Michael Stanley now for somewhere around 30 years and was very happy when he agreed to do this interview at Blossom Music Center on the occasion of the Michael Stanley Band reunion. It arrived with a note. While working on those albums, he married his girlfriend, a teacher named Libby, graduated from Hiram and landed a position as a regional manager for the now-defunct Disc Records retail chain. 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